Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 150 · 40 questions

Word tip (Meaning first, then spelling): Decide what the sentence needs: an action (verb) or a thing (noun)? affect / advise are verbs; effect / advice are nouns. Use memory tricks: stationEry has e for envelopes; stationAry has a for “at rest”; dessert has a double s for “sweet stuff”. Read the finished sentence and check the meaning.

1. 1.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
3. 3.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
4. 4.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
5. 5.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
6. 6.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
8. 8.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
9. 9.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
10. 10.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
11. 11.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
12. 12.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
13. 13.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
14. 14.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
15. 15.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
16. 16.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
17. 17.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
18. 18.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
19. 19.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
21. 21.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
22. 22.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
23. 23.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
24. 24.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
25. 25.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
26. 26.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
28. 28.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
29. 29.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
30. 30.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
31. 31.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
32. 32.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
33. 33.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
35. 35.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
36. 36.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
37. 37.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
38. 38.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
39. 39.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
40. 40.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's

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